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Dr Natasha Tassell-Matamua
Te Ātiawa
Massey University
Senior Lecturer
Natasha Tassell-Matamua is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University, where she teaches in the…
Dr Natasha Tassell-Matamua
Natasha Tassell-Matamua is a senior lecturer in the School of Psychology at Massey University, where she teaches in the area of cultural psychology. Her research platform encompasses two primary threads: Indigenous Psychology with a focus on mātauranga Māori as it relates to: ethics, spirituality, well-being, and the environment - and also Exceptional Human Experiences with a particualr focus on near-death experiences [NDEs]. -
Dr Jordan Waiti
Ngāti Pikiao, Te Rarawa, Ngaati Maahanga, Ngāti Haupoto
ACC New Zealand
Performance Lead (ACC), Co-Founder (Aotearoa Water Patrol)
Jordan Waiti started as a lecturer within Te Hautaki Waiora Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance at the…
Dr Jordan Waiti
Jordan Waiti started as a lecturer within Te Hautaki Waiora Faculty of Health, Sport and Human Performance at the University of Waikato in early 2018. Previously, he was a Māori Health Consultant based out of Whaingaroa/Raglan.He completed his PhD at Massey University, which focused on Māori notions of ‘Resilience’ and how they are utilised by whānau who had experienced adversity. He has Honours and Master's degrees from Otago University, with research expertise that is broadly based in the area of Māori Health. He has also been a volunteer facilitator for the Te Taitimu Youth Trust in Hawkes… -
Dr Adreanne Ormond
Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Senior Lecturer
Ko Rongomaiwāhine, Ngati Kahungunu me Ngati Tuwharetoa oku iwi, e tipu ake ahau ki MāhiaAdreanne Ormond's Māori nations…
Dr Adreanne Ormond
Ko Rongomaiwāhine, Ngati Kahungunu me Ngati Tuwharetoa oku iwi, e tipu ake ahau ki MāhiaAdreanne Ormond's Māori nations are Rongomaiwāhine, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Tuwharetoa and she is raised on her ancestral homeland of Māhia peninsula. Her research includes Māori young people, race and culture, cultural identity and critical white studies.Adreanna is a Senior Lecturer in Te Kura Māori in the Faculty of Education. Her research interests include youth, education, and health as well as Māori development with a specific interest in Indigenous – ethnic minority youth and how existent issues… -
Dr Arama Rata
Ngāruahine, Taranaki, Ngāti Maniapoto
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Aukaha Hauora
Arama Rata is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, and Ngāruahine descent. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Victoria…
Dr Arama Rata
Arama Rata is of Ngāti Maniapoto, Taranaki, and Ngāruahine descent. She completed her PhD in Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington in 2012, which focused on Māori cultural engagement, identity, and psychological well-being in State secondary schools. Arama then lectured at Te Kawa a Māui (the School of Māori Studies), where she received a Research Establishment Grant to study Māori collective remembering of the New Zealand Wars. Dr Rata is currently involved with research relating to Māori health experiences, Māori in rural communities, as well as iwi consultancy. -
Dr Tia Neha
Ngāpuhi
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Lecturer
Tia is a lecturer at the school of psychology, Victoria University of Wellington. Her research interests include four…
Dr Tia Neha
Tia is a lecturer at the school of psychology, Victoria University of Wellington. Her research interests include four key areas, broadly linked and overarched by relationships within Māori and Indigenous Developmental Psychology. These areas include: Indigenous and developmental psychology in the interdependent relations between whānau and their children’s learning Autobiographical memory with whanau Language research Māori pediatric health -
Associate Professor Sonja Macfarlane
Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu
Massey University
Associate Professor
Sonja Macfarland (Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu) interest’s focus on the importance of culturally responsive, evidence-based…
Associate Professor Sonja Macfarlane
Sonja Macfarland (Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu) interest’s focus on the importance of culturally responsive, evidence-based approaches in education, psychology, counselling, health and human development in order to enhance the social, cultural, educational and health outcomes that are achieved by Māori.The importance of exploring 'what works well' for Māori as a pathway to responding to disparity and unlocking potential guides most of her research endeavours. She argues that many of the solutions for reducing such disparities actually reside in 'te ao Māori' (the Māori world, which includes Māori… -
Dr Farah Palmer
Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Waiora, Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta
Massey University
Pou Akonga (Executive Director) Māori Student Success
I have a particular research interest in race, gender and leadership issues in sport management, and my most recent…
Dr Farah Palmer
I have a particular research interest in race, gender and leadership issues in sport management, and my most recent publications have focused on the incorporation of Māori values and tikanga in sport contexts, Sport for Development from an indigenous perspective, taonga tuku iho in rugby, elite Maori athletes and their cultural identities in sport, the leadership and organisational culture of the All Blacks, Black Ferns, Māori All Blacks, Māori women's experiences in sport management and leadership, and the involvement of mothers in elite sport as leaders and athletes. For 10 years I… -
Tame Malcolm
Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruanui
Puna Consultants
Director
Tame has more than a decades experience in environmental management roles in the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Canterbury and…
Tame Malcolm
Tame has more than a decades experience in environmental management roles in the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Canterbury and Marlborough regions. This has included working for OSPRI (TB Free), Waikato Regional Council, Department of Conservation (Waikato) and most recently the Maori Biosecurity Network. His is a member of the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board, is on the Advisory Board for Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, was interim executive of Te Tira Whakamataki (Maori Biosecurity Network), and is a member of the Royal Society. -
Dr Jamie Newth
Ngāpuhi
Soul Capital
Founder and CEO Soul Capital
Jamie Newth is the CEO of Soul Capital, which invests in social enterprises and social business in Aotearoa New…
Dr Jamie Newth
Jamie Newth is the CEO of Soul Capital, which invests in social enterprises and social business in Aotearoa New Zealand.He is a board member on the National Advisory Board for Impact Investment, on Connect: Supporting Recovery, on Social Enterprise Auckland and works as a consultant on Business Model Innovation, Strategy and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. -
Dr Kiri Dell
Ngāti Porou
University of Auckland
Senior Lecturer
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her…
Dr Kiri Dell
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her teaching focuses on Māori land issues and Māori entrepreneurship and business development. Kiri’s research and areas of expertise focuses on competitive Māori strategy, Māori economics and Māori business.